Pierce Walsh
TE · Senior
6'4" · 250 lbs · Offense
Also wearing #19: Joey Gerlach (LB)
Background
- Hometown
- Downers Grove, Ill.
- High school
- Benet Academy
Recruiting
- Rating
- 3-star (0.8550 247 composite)
- National rank
- #1271
- Class
- 2023
- Source
- 247 composite
2026 season
receiving
Season by season
2025tap to read
Played in all 13 games, seeing action on offense and special teams • caught two passes for 17 yards and returned one kickoff for 13 yards. Game-by-Game: Made his Minnesota and collegiate debut against Buffalo • competed against Northwestern State and at Cal • started against Rutgers • caught one pass - first of his career - for 10 yards at Ohio State • grabbed one reception for seven yards against Purdue • played versus Nebraska • saw action at Iowa and against Michigan State • started at Oregon and played at Northwestern • saw action against Wisconsin • returned one kickoff for 13 yards against New Mexico.
2024tap to read
Missed the season with an injury.
2023tap to read
Redshirted • did not see game action. HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill. • wore No. 19 for the Redwings • as a senior, tallied 32 receptions for 450 yards and three touchdowns en route to being named First Team All-State • named to the 2022 DuPage County All-Area Football Team and Naperville Sun Football All-Area Team • East Suburban Catholic Conference Offensive Player of the Year • as a junior, recorded 30 catches for 474 yards and three scores • had 26 tackles, eight pass breakups, four tackles for loss and two sacks on defense • coached by Pat New • consensus three-star recruit • tabbed the No. 25 recruit in the state of Illinois and the No. 35 tight end nationally by ESPN. PERSONAL: Son of Frank and Ann Celine Walsh • has two brothers (Declan and Cole) • father, Frank, played college football at Eastern Illinois University.
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HONORS:
Academic All-Big Ten (2025, 2024)
2025 • FRESHMAN SEASON: Played in all 13 games, seeing action on offense and special teams • caught two passes for 17 yards and returned one kickoff for 13 yards.
Game-by-Game: Made his Minnesota and collegiate debut against Buffalo • competed against Northwestern State and at Cal • started against Rutgers • caught one pass - first of his career - for 10 yards at Ohio State • grabbed one reception for seven yards against Purdue • played versus Nebraska • saw action at Iowa and against Michigan State • started at Oregon and played at Northwestern • saw action against Wisconsin • returned one kickoff for 13 yards against New Mexico.
2024: Missed the season with an injury.
2023: Redshirted • did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Benet Academy in Lisle, Ill. • wore No. 19 for the Redwings • as a senior, tallied 32 receptions for 450 yards and three touchdowns en route to being named First Team All-State • named to the 2022 DuPage County All-Area Football Team and Naperville Sun Football All-Area Team • East Suburban Catholic Conference Offensive Player of the Year • as a junior, recorded 30 catches for 474 yards and three scores • had 26 tackles, eight pass breakups, four tackles for loss and two sacks on defense • coached by Pat New • consensus three-star recruit • tabbed the No. 25 recruit in the state of Illinois and the No. 35 tight end nationally by ESPN.
PERSONAL: Son of Frank and Ann Celine Walsh • has two brothers (Declan and Cole) • father, Frank, played college football at Eastern Illinois University.